Re and de railing device



Aug. 28, 1923.

H. A. BROWN RE AND BE RAILING DEVICE Filed Dec. 13'. 1922 El vwcm toz Patented Aug. 28, 1923.

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an aim inn RAILINQDEVICE;

Application 'filed December 13,1922. Seria1'No.606,707.

T 0 all '10 7mm it may concern Be it known; that l, HENRYA. :Bnown, a

citizen of .the' United .States, residing at Huntington, .inuthe .county of =Cabell and State ,o.-f. vVest Virginia, have invented a new and useful :Re and DeRailing Device, :of which the following is a specification.

This invention; relates to car derailers and replacers which are commonly .termed jumpers. T The object off the inventionis to provide device .ofthisicha-racter constructed for removing and replacing a car from the. end of atrack.

Anotherobject is;toiprovidea device of this character. equipped with .means to detachab-ly engage a track' rail andv hold the jumper against sidewlse' movement,gmak1ng a. firm. connection withsthe track rail.

Another objectis-toso construct a device' of this characterathata car may be. easily I i replaced .with ,a minimum amount of exertion. i

Another. object is to. construct a device of this character, to: adaptit .foruse. in loading cars in mineswhereby the car maybe loaded from either side or end or both. T V

Vllith the 'foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thezdescription proceeds, the invention resides in.the combination and arrangement ofp-artslandin the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a plan view of a jumper constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. 7

Fig. 3 is an end elevation taken from the left hand end of Figz l, and v Fig. 4 is a similar View taken from the right hand end.

In the embodiment illustrated, the car derailer and replacer or jumper 1 constituting this invention comprises two rail sections 2 and 3 arranged parallel for apo-rtion of their length, 2 constituting what may be termed the main rail and 3 the guard rail. The guard rail 3 has its inner end deflected as shown at 4 to facilitate the passage of a car ,wheel from the -main track rail, not shown,'onto the jumper.

A' plate 5 eonnects the inner'endso-f-the rails 2 and 3,beinginsertedunderthe'bases thereof, and preferablyriveted thereto-as shown clearly in'Fig. 1, andwhieh secures the railsin operative -r-elation. This base these spurs 6 may also be used for the-insertion of sp1kes,=n ot shown, to assist "in holding the (ilevicerigidly in; position.

The outer'ends Sand 9 ofthemain and guard rails diverge as is shown clearly inv Fig. 1, and are connected by a-triangu'lar plate 10 riveted to the flanges thereof, and

which is made concave as shown-in Fig. 3

to facilitate the passage'of the car wheel onto ;the jumper when -a car is to be re-.

a-re superposed on the flanges of said railand riveted thereto, projecting-atone end beyond the inner end of the rail and-having their zterniinals rounded as shown at 1 3.

ThisYarrangement of the strips 11 and -12 on opposite sides of the web of the rail 2 posi tions them apart a suflicient distance to adapt the projectingends to straddle the web of the track rail to which the jumper is designed to be applied, and which prevent its moving laterally relatively to the track rail.

The inner ends of the main and guard rails 2 and 3 are bentdownwardly as shown clearly in Fig. 2 and these bent endsare designed, when the device is applied to extend longitudinally outward from the track rails, the jumper inclining downwardly and out- V or connectingplate 5 is provided in its side edges near ,its outer end with downstruck spurs 6' designed to be driven into the wooden tieto assist inholding the jumper 1 inoperativeposition -in-regard tothe track rail. "Thenotches '7 formed by striking out wardly so that the car passing thereover will tage in lowcoal;

These jumpers l'are made in rights and lefts and are adapted to be jointed to the ends of the rails of the track, the guard rail 3 of each jumper being disposed side'ot the track.

These jumpers eliminate certain objections which characterize the present methods of on the inloading cars in min'cs, obviating the neces sity of laying the main track close to the coal which is going to be shot down, and

thusrendering it unnecessary to shovel out Tracks are must be relaidto enablethe car tobe placed in proximity to the coal which causes much delay in addition to the extra I work re: quired. 1 V l The use of this jumper eliminates these objectionable ieatures since instead of laying the track up to withinthree feet ot the face of the-coal, it may be laid within nine feet from the iace'oif thecoaland these jumpers which are threefeet long are laid at the end of the track.

tween the end of the jumper and the face of This makes the distance bethe coal about six feet, thus allowing ample room for the coal to fall on a smooth floor when shot down.

Then as the coal car is loaded, it is run off the jumperonto the hard floor close to the coal so that the cars may be. loaded from the side as well as fromthe end, thus greatlyfacilitating loading oi the ears.

It will thus be seen that the use of these jumpers in coal min-ing greatly reduces the labor and increases the output as well as eliminating many wrecks.

ing a main rail and a guard rail rigidly secured together and arranged in parallel relation, means forconnecting one endot the main rail to atrack' rail, and means atthe other end to facilitate the passage of the car onto the device. g 2. A deviceofthe classedescr'ibed,compris ing a pair of. rail seetionsarranged in par allel relation, oneof said rails being deflected outward at one end and the other provided with meansfor detachably connecting it to a main track rail, plates connecting said rail sections rigidly together, the outer of said rail sections diverging. I

e :3. A device otthe class described comprising a pair of rail sections arranged in parallel relation, one of said rails being idefiected outward atone end and the other provided with means'for detachably connectingit to a 'main track rail, plates connecting said rail sections rigidly together, the outer ends of said rail sections diverging, a triangular plateconnecting said diverging ends and made concave atits outer end to'ta'cilitate thepassage up thereon of a car wheel.

ing a pair of rail sections arranged in parallel relation, plates connecting the ends of said sections, a pair of steel strips secured to the flanges of one ofsaid'. sections at one end thereof and projecting beyond said end to provide means for detachable engagement with a track rail,'and means to facilitate the passage onto said rail sections of the wheel of a car to be replaced.

my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in thepresence of two witnesses.

i: WVitnessesi -L; K.-SMITH,

SHINKLE.

In testimony that I- claim the foregoing as l HE RYA BROWN. i

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